The tycoon had questioned the state agency on different opportunities for “Wasting” and being “contaminated by progressive ideology.” Although he signed an executive order, it is almost impossible for dismantling to be carried out without a law by the Congress, that the department created in 1979. Republican party He already said that he will present a bill to formalize the measure.
The president said that the government will close the department although it will maintain the financing of Title I for low -income schools, Pell scholarships and money for boys with disabilities. In addition, from the Blanca had assured that federal student loans would maintain.
Trump attributed to the portfolio the decrease in academic performance of USA And he assured that in this way each state was going to do less work. “It is not doing any good,” he said during a ceremony in the White House.
Government officials considered that other agencies could assume education responsibilities. The Department of Justice could be in charge of the application of civil rights; the Treasury or the Department of Commerce, student loans; and the supervision of the rights of students with disabilities could be transferred to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Before making this decision, Trump He had already made strong cuts in the department, reducing the staff by half, arguing that he was a waste and was infiltrated by leftists.
He Government Efficiency Department (Doge), directed by Elon Muskhe cut dozens of contracts and dismantled the Institute of Education Sciences, which collects data on the academic progress of the country. The tycoon celebrated Trump’s measure on his social networks.
United States: opponents warn the consequences of the closing of the Department of Education
The opposition expressed concern about a growing inequality in access to education – an existing problem – and the lack of care of poor students, who are still learning English, disabled students and racial and ethnic minorities.
“Dismantling the agency responsible for guaranteeing equal access to education for all children will only create a low class for students,” said Weadé James, senior director of K-12 educational policies of the Center for American Progress, a group of experts who advocate racial equity policies and a greater investment in public schools.
Source: Ambito
